The 1997-98 Whitbread Round the World Race was won by Paul Cayard and his EF Language team who won three of the first five legs, en route to a convincing victory. His team was composed of many sailors from his 1999-2000 America’s Cup campaign, and they brought an as yet unseen intensity to their approach […]
What a difference 30 years makes! Take a look at life on board the Italian entry Gatorade during the 1989-90 Whitbread Round the World Race. The 1989-90 Whitbread was won by Sir Peter Blake on Steinlager, who swept the race, with victories on all six legs. And while many things about the race have changed […]
En klassiker… Documentary from the Swedish TV channel SVT1. First part is about the life onboard the boat The Card. Storyteller is Roger Nilsson and the log is from Johan Salén. The film is made by Jacob Nordenson. The second part (00:58:25 and forward) is about the first 20 years of Whitbread – Round the […]
Här kommer nästa retro efterlysning, det här är en bild från Whitbread 1973-74, killen hade med sig sin gitarr ombord, helt underbart! Vi vet inte vem det är eller på vilken båt, vi måste bara hitta mer info och skriva en story på detta! Några tips? Filmen från det året finns här:
In 1981 I joined the Dutch yacht Flyer as a crew member to race in the Whitbread round the World race. My position on board was engineer, bowman and camera man. My position as camera man was added later on once the owner of the boat Conny van Rietschoten felt I would do a decent […]
Intressant film om Onne van der Wal, Conny van Rietchoten och hur det gick till när man seglade Whitbread. Conny dog alldeles nyss och Onne har ju blivit en av världens mest eftertraktade marinfotografer. Som så ofta så var det tillfälligheter som ledde honom in på den banan. This short video was originally created by […]